Las Vegas’ Labor Day farewell to the summer vacation season appears it will be as sluggish as the rest of the summer — visitation totals that will be nothing to write home about.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Wednesday projected a 1.8 percent decline in visitation for the last big tourism weekend of the summer and a 1 percent decline in economic impact on the community as a result.

LVCVA researchers said they expect 320,000 Labor Day weekend visitors compared with 326,000 a year ago. The economic impact based on direct and indirect spending is projected to be $673.6 million, down from $680.1 million a year ago.

There are 0.8 percent fewer hotel rooms in the Southern Nevada inventory and the LVCVA expects an occupancy rate of 88.5 percent, down 1.9 percentage points

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